Alfred and Michelle talk about how smart city technologies could be adopted to developing smart manufacturing plants! We discuss how manufacturers are safely getting people back into their facilities in the time of COVID—many companies are using smart technology to accomplish this, and they are getting some cool ideas from the technology that many smart cities are using. Digitalization in manufacturing is not new. It’s been around for a while, but the challenge has become finding innovative ways to make it new and fresh! And finding new ways to collect and analyze BIG DATA is an ongoing quest for forward-thinking manufacturers.

Michelle Segrest has created and branded editorial content for the processing industries since 2008. She develops in-depth enterprising features, technical articles, case studies, event coverage, podcasts, and webinars for a variety of industries, publications, manufacturers, and agencies. No other reporter in the processing industries has seen manufacturing as up-close-and-personal as Michelle Segrest. She has toured manufacturing facilities in more than 75 cities, in 12 countries, and on three continents. She has covered more than 150 industry events worldwide and has been the keynote speaker at three national conferences. Contact her at [email protected]

She is the author of the 3-volume book series “Modern Manufacturing” which features more than 30 real-world stories of industry champions and how they are using big data and innovative processes to build the factory of the future.

Resources and Links:

Factory of the Future Podcast

Manufacturing Trends 2021

Augmented Reality Solutions

Robotics and Manufacturing

Bionics

Festo IIoT Automation

Additive Technology

Pilot Plants Remove Risk

Drones in Manufacturing

Modern Manufacturing Book Series

If you have interesting information to share and want to contact Michelle about being a guest on a future episode of this Podcast, send her an email at [email protected].

Music: Powerwalkin’ by Future Joust. www.epidemicsound.com